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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/veprь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weprias. Cognate with Latvian vepris (“castrated boar”), Latin aper (“wild boar”), Proto-Germanic *eburaz (“boar”). Possibly Northern Indo-European substrate word.

Noun

*veprь m

  1. boar, wild boar

Inflection
Declension of *veprь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *veprь *vepra *vepri
genitive *vepra *vepru *veprь
dative *vepru *veprema *vepremъ
accusative *veprь *vepra *veprę̇
instrumental *veprьmь, *vepremь* *veprema *vepri
locative *vepri *vepru *veprixъ
vocative *vepru *vepra *vepri
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вепрь (veprĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: вепръ (vepr), вепъръ (vepr), вѣпръ (věpr), вєпръ (vjepr)
        • Belarusian: вапе́р (vapjér), вепéр (vjepér), вя́пер (vjápjer), вяпéр (vjapér) (dialectal)
          • ⇒ Belarusian: вяпру́к (vjaprúk); япру́к (japrúk) (dialectal)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: вепéрь (vepérʹ)
          • ⇒ Carpathian Rusyn: вепри́ско (veprýsko)
        • Ukrainian: вепр (vepr); вéпер (véper), вепéр (vepér) (dialectal)
      • Russian: вепрь (veprʹ); вапéрь (vapérʹ), вапéр (vapér), вапи́рь (vapírʹ), вепéрь (vepérʹ), вепи́рь (vepírʹ), вапрю (vaprju), вапря́к (vaprják) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*veprь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 515
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вепрь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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